30th century BC

The 30th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC.

Events

*3000–2600 BC — Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
*c. 3000 BC — Neolithic period ends
*3000 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of united Egypt, starts to reign
*c. 3000 BC — Narmer Palette from Hierakonpolis, First Dynasty, is made. It is now at Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
*3000 BC — Caral, the first city in the Americas, starts to be built.
*c. 3000 BC — Troy is founded
*c. 3000 BC — Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts. ("National Geographic", June 2008).
*3000 BC–2350 BC — Scarlet Ware vase, from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq) is made, it is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad
*3000 BC–2000 BC — World population about 30 million.Fact|date=February 2007
*c. 3000 BC — Cycladic civilization starts
*c. 3000 BC — Minoan civilization starts
*c. 3000 BC — Helladic period starts
*c. 2955 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of Egypt, dies
*c. 2950 BC — first definitive use of a Nebty name by Egyptian First Dynasty pharaoh, Semerkhet
*2925–2776 BC — First Dynasty wars in Egypt
*c. 2920 BC — Djet, third pharaoh of Egypt
*2900 BC — Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia

ignificant persons

*Djer, Djet, Den, Anedjib, Semerkhet — Pharaohs of the First dynasty of Egypt.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

*3000 BC–2000 BC; Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador)
*c. 3000 BC — Sumerians establish cities
*3000 BC — Sumerians start to work in various metals
*The "shekal" was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit; see ancient weights and measures, Shekel

Popular culture

*In the t.v. show, "Stargate: SG-1", the native people of Earth successfully rebel against the Goa'uld in 2995 B.C.

Decades and years